The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-19

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The words arc not very wonderful. but every
body in France knows them, from the aristo-
down t. the s and the
cordlons, on fddles, on penny whistles. and
bought for price. And now Panlus is singing
s IN os as xR one
| In the chorus:
Nous etions triGmph.ns.
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Here IS the source Of Bonlanger's popularity:
A black charger new uniform. and popular
cafe CONCERT song. And now. although he is no
Rs ssi Rs
ing. His portraits in oil. in pastel, In mar;
PIC, in bronze on foot. on ho5seb By n full
the the SHOP windows beside sSe portraits q our
SSs
LANCER hats; high and low tall and think about
sS%s W ss the n sSs omy
m nH say others. aSeitRer monaSsSy nor
commune, nor republic. say Others" viii
4 spn1 who hs
secret to nobody; Indeed we do not even know
pgpas sHs
What has he done that he should be
o The msK snssS1 from anE & sas
none viii BE- able to say what Bouisnger is.
dencies f lis Aspirations. his capacities. 4p-
pin;rently Gen B0plangsr Is saksIe ssnsI
sesses The at Of
ever ioT ambition; f. ENJOYS r. pIessn. IA
have Joys IN store; he knows how to say com:
moppaes thinss appropriate to. to the rank k, Of
march, to OF the women the word that makes iis
them dream, t4 the cIGwd the WORD S that pro
and unreasoning sentimentality; Gen; Bou-
is q ferociously selfish and " very Intelligent
pan. who hpmoEs fortune 9lt ne, and whom fortune
probable. for he has become habit. national
necessity. an INDISPENSABLE distraction to a
and lis TAKEN at Nj q
asd soder VINO
to work " at
ssS:s & sss
S end aaK IN
compromisInF IN the Grayest manner the inter
N Now. Who Is this Con. Ferron. who promises
easns so ana Who s viii his bess TX Keep
tined 70 come OF one q these days. even this
year. say The prophets q evil. who see The en-
n tSa sIs ~ urets9 Gen Fsrson oep H
School: an pPsiPseE: and 2 veritable trooper;
the Legion Of Honor in the trenches at sebas-
topol Fer twenty years he served in Algeria.
aSZ' whss war # is7d j. bf NS
out. and arrived. In France in time
p9s ssa I na whe ss &c
was Chef Dc battalion. sabssauently he was as
sshief q The stan q the Ninth army corps q
q Wsr s and os@penon. ' it pressns
se S sss
sgaSdsasisi pest General FsrscRI Sas ysss
officer q great practical experience. thorough
y Saaes Of 9St The great military
the new Cabinet. General Ferron appears to
be- the NEST unaqssttonably e9mpetsnt. ,.
81 e1 sss ssRosc
public life. He was born ut AK In Provence,
IN 1842. At first an extreme radical, NJ Rou-
In the great and short lived aambetta Min:
istry he held tho portfolio OF Commerce and
the Colonies; few years later. in the, Ferry
Cabinet. he accepted the same portfolio NJ.
Rouvier Is capable. learned In financial mat
members 81 the new Cabinet, there is nothing
specially good OF. bad to be said about any Of
them; they are honorable medioerities who
will doubtless do their duty. and whose ex.
istence NJ. Clemenceau and his friends will
they upset the RoavisF CABINET as they have
upset the cabinets OF Freycinet and Goblet.
Chenonceaux, that wonderful 'Renaissance
chateau which was described last February In
TIE Sun, is for sale, and there is pretty story
STATED this sale. In brief and In outline this Is
what has hRppened: Nine. Marguerite Pelouze
nee Wilson. bought Chenoncsaux In 1854 from
the Count Loqis Armand de Villeneuye, Guibert
Tor the sum q $50 goo francs; plus % 600 francs
$500. 900 ON restoring and beautifying the castle
and the grounds; she has lived luxurious life
with great retinues Of servante; she has tray
elled over the face OF the earth with followers
Of all kinds. and. above all. she has linked her
Wilson, the son-ip-law OF President drevy.
Now. N. Wilson. when he was q young man.
was o furious spender Of money; during tho
empire he was one OF the fnstest men
In Paris, and his extrayaganee, notably In
Hasse, who now lives In clover In the provinces,
caused him to be interdlcted and provided with
what the French call o c0nseH judtctare. who
managed his money matters Tor him ana pre-
Vented aim troP ap5ts running himself. Since
q Caroline Hasse be has become : political
spoouletoF. an Interested partner IN SeoFp o.